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Today 60% of Russian losses are irreversible.
Earlier, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Oleh Ivashchenko, noted that Russia has the resources to wage war against Ukraine in 2027 and 2028 years. However, he believes that the Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin could exhaust these Russian capabilities earlier than 2028 year if Russia continues to suffer military and economic losses at the current rate, he said in an interview with The Times.
“Russia has military and economic resources for the next year, but we assess that they will run out in 2028 year,” Ivashchenko said.
During the interview, the head of the GUR took out the daily intelligence briefing. It listed, among other things, Russian losses.
“Russia recruits roughly 1000 people every day, sometimes 1200. But look at these loss figures. Yesterday there were 1410, the day before yesterday — 1551. Of those 835 — about 60% — die in combat,” Ivashchenko said.
These figures, The Times noted, show that the mortality rate at 60% has been more or less stable over the week. The publication emphasized that never in the history of human conflicts has the ratio of dead to wounded been this high. For comparison, American losses during the Vietnam War were just over 16%.
The paper noted that, based on the figures the head of the GUR gave them, another 18 months of fighting would cost Russia 765 800 losses, of which 459 480 would be irreversible, and 306 320 would be wounded.
According to Western intelligence assessments, Ukraine has managed to inflict greater losses on Russia thanks to “increased lethality and innovations,” as well as “deep-strike capabilities that create serious problems for Russia.” They also believe that internal pressure in Russia is growing due to slowing progress on the battlefield, unpopular internet repression, and a fuel shortage caused by Kyiv’s destruction of Russian oil and gas production facilities.
Recently, the former head of the GUR and now head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, said that today Ukraine is not able to stop the war with Russia. In his view, any agreements have collapsed and “everyone has gone down the path of escalation.” At the same time, according to media reports, the Russian leader Vladimir Putin has once again set a deadline to capture Donbas by the spring of 2027 year.
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